11 comments:

omg, too beautiful! i love knowing you were out there. i am reading dillard now and will continue after this book. i thought i wanted to read something else but realized that THIS was what i needed right now. big love to you! i have been thinking a lot these days about the north country and yonder.

Cranberry Lake? My grandmother lived in Cranberry Lake for as long as I can remember. She passed away about 18 years ago. I have fond memories...but almost no one I've ever known knows where that is. A tangent, I know, but thanks for bringing fond memories to mind. Hope you're feeling better soon :).

wow-i lived in star lake for almost five years, and now live about 30 miles away. so we probably were "neighbors" for a while, anyway. i love bear mountain and the wild forest around c.l. do you remember big bear's indian trading post?

Hi Velma - I am slowly catching up here...I'd like to know if Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the book to start with or do you think others are great as well? She looks interesting. Fabulous sights and a great way to describe them.

Re: Cranberry Lake and surrounds...I have to admit, I know very little outside of her house and what my dad and grandmother would talk about: going "up to Tupper", stories of the lodge where she worked for years (maybe the Evergreen hotel? I think it burned down). Her umpteenth husband (ok, just the fourth or something!) worked as a hunters' guide. Skinny as a rail inspite of my gmom's cooking. And I still think of the syrup she would bring us each year. Fun to remember...